A summer afternoon on Long Beach’s oceanfront strip turned violent Monday when a man was stabbed in what witnesses say began as a fight and ended with officers hauling a 20-year-old local woman off the boardwalk in handcuffs.
Police say the clash, seen by bystanders and caught on home surveillance video, left the man with a deep slash to his forearm and a puncture wound to his abdomen before it was broken up and the suspect was arrested at the scene.
What police say
According to the Chinook Observer, Long Beach Police Department Deputy Chief Casey Meling said officers were dispatched around 2:34 p.m. to the 1100 block of Ocean Beach Boulevard after 911 callers reported multiple people fighting and one person armed with a knife.
Meling told the paper that witnesses and Ring video footage showed a woman attacking a man with what appeared to be a knife, and that responding units from several agencies arrived quickly at the scene.
Arrest and booking
The Pacific County jail roster lists the suspect as Tatiana Malayla Bynum, 20, who was booked into the county jail Monday afternoon on a charge of first-degree attempted murder.
The public roster records an arrest time of 2:51 p.m. and a booking timestamp of 4:21 p.m. on July 6.
Victim, response and court timeline
As reported by the Chinook Observer, the male victim initially declined medical attention at the scene and told officers his injuries came from thorns. He later sought care at a nearby medical facility.
Officers from the Long Beach Police Department, Pacific County Sheriff's Office, Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife and Washington State Parks all responded, the paper reported.
Bynum is expected to appear for a preliminary hearing on Tuesday, when a judge will set pretrial release conditions including bail.
